Bassett, Nebraska — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Bassett, Rock County.
| City | Bassett |
| State | Nebraska (NE) |
| County | Rock |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 42.585834 |
| Longitude | -99.537894 |
| Population | 580 |
| Density | 541.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
Bassett is a locality in Rock County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 580. The population density is 541.2 people per km². Bassett is located at 42.5858°N, 99.5379°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68714.
Bassett rests beneath a vast Nebraska sky, a place where the land rolls gently, a canvas of amber grasses and the occasional stubborn cottonwood. It lies 115.0 miles west-north-west of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 290°T), and is situated 16.7 miles east of Ainsworth. The air here carries the clean scent of prairie dust and the distant, earthy perfume of cattle farms, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats strong. Sunlight, when it falls, has a particular clarity, bleaching the faded paint of farmhouses and glinting off the endless horizons. The very ground seems to absorb the light, holding it long after the sun has dipped below the wide, sweeping curves of the land. This is a landscape shaped by generations of farmers and ranchers, their lives interwoven with the cycles of planting and harvest, the tending of livestock. The economy of Bassett has long been tethered to the fertile soil and the hardy creatures that thrive upon it, a legacy evident in the grain elevators that punctuate the skyline and the quiet hum of machinery that drifts from distant fields. While the pace of life may seem unhurried to an outsider, there's a deep-seated resilience here, a quiet determination that has seen Bassett through changing times, a spirit as enduring as the prairie wind.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Bassett, Nebraska with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Bassett and Rock County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Bassett is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Bassett is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |